Subgenre Sampler
Spoof: 197 Films to Buy & Rent
- For Your Consideration (2006)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Catherine O'Hara, Ed Jr. Begley, Eugene Levy…
- Mockumentary maestro Christopher Guest takes a well–aimed pot shot at Hollywood’s awards season, with the core of his regular comedic…
- Man to Man with Dean Learner (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
- Cheeky comedian Richard Ayoade reprises his character from the spoof sci–fi series DARKPLACE in this spoof chat show featuring spoof…
- Pink Panther, The (2006)
- Dir. Shawn Levy
Feat. Steve Martin, Beyonce Knowles, Kevin Kline…
- Brave but rather misconceived reinvention of the iconic Peter Sellers role has Steve Martin filling the idiotically–contrary Detective…
- Scary Movie 4 (2006)
- Dir. David Zucker
Feat. Anna Faris, Bill Pullman, Leslie Nielsen…
- Fourth entry in the horror–movie spoof series actually manages to improve on its predecessor with the Zucker–Abrahams team (FLYING HIGH)…
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
- Dir. Adam McKay
Feat. Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Greg Germann…
- Nicely gassed and pumped–up spoof features the fearless Will Ferrell (ANCHORMAN) as a 'legendary' NASCAR race–driver who transcends his…
- Totally Awesome (2006)
- Dir. Neal Brennan
Feat. Dominique Swain, Mikey Day, James Hong
- An amiable, quasi–awesome spoof of eighties teen comedies, brat pack movies, outrageous fashion and twangy pop music. Reliving all the…
- Disaster! (2005)
- Dir. Roy T. Wood
- A marginal, clay–mated spoof of disaster films, this offers a potty–fixated twist on the script of ARMAGEDDON, with impending doom coming…
- Sex Sells - The Making of Touche (2005)
- Dir. Jonathan Liebert
Feat. Priscilla Barnes, Jay Michael Ferguson, Adrian Zmed…
- Suprisingly effective mockumentary about the making of a porn film – "Touche" – which skirts satire for a twisted, yet warm–natured…
- Takeshis' (2005)
- Dir. Takeshi Kitano
Feat. Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi…
- Returning to his comedic roots, dir. Takeshi Kitano springs layer upon layer of self–reference and in this conceptually ambitious, though…
- Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
- Dir. Peter Richardson
Feat. Christian Slater, Neve Campbell, Miranda Richardson…
- A satirical swipe at Hollywood's tendency to Americanize history, with Christian Slater playing an American GI who supposedly impersonated British PM…